Remapping Caps Lock to Compose
Because I now and then need to use scandinavian letters despite using US Dvorak as my layout, I would like to use Caps Lock as a compose key. (I don’t need Caps Lock at all, I’m not a forum troll)
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VNC-Server as a virtual X11 monitor to expand screen
From a currently running X11 session, I would like to provide/run a VNC server such that it appears to my system as a second, “virtual” monitor – i.e. so that I can position it using xrandr and drag/position windows onto it.
Why can’t I run GUI apps as root: “No protocol specified”?
I installed Debian onto my machine last night. Now, I don’t understand why I can’t run GUI apps from a terminal when running as root.
What is “.xsession” for?
What is the purpose of the .xsession file in the home folder? What should be put in there? The desktop environments don’t use that file and for the X startup from the tty there is .xinitrc.
Override a few keycodes with XKB
I want to shuffle a few keys around with XKB. (Why? On a laptop where some keys are inconveniently located.) I currently use xmodmap:
Custom xkb layout in which one key creates two unicode code points
I am writing a new custom keyboard layout for Xorg, but there is one particular glyph which does not exist in Unicode. It is, however, easy to create it by using a standard letter plus a combining diacritic mark.
Transfer X from monitor to remote machine
I want to remote login to another laptop to continue working on session left over. VNC is slow because it’s bandwith hog. I know (or I think I know) that it’s not latency, it’s bandwith because the first update from the top of screen or the top of recently changed view occurs very fast, but the entire redraw takes time.
I believe that X doesn’t send the pixelmap, but instructions on how to redraw screen. So I’d like to use X.
How to speed up X over SSH on a slow network connection?
Are there any specific recommendations on speeding up X applications over ssh on a slow network connection? In this specific case, I am accessing a server located in west coast from a laptop in east coast and that too on a not too fast DSL connection.
Difference between .xinitrc, .xsession and .xsessionrc
I found three configuration files.
Unlisted screen resolution
On my new computer I have 2 screens connected on the igpu of a i7 processor, 1 using hdmi. the other using dvi. Both screens are the same but the one connected using hdmi has a wrong resolution inside X, and it can’t be selected inside the settings. How can this be solved?